This book presents the research of the steps and tactics super-successful real estate sales agents employ today. What makes this book particularly useful is the actual case studies from agents who do this work every day. You will learn their time-tested secrets. This step-by-step guide will show you how to find the properties, how to list them, how to sell them, and ultimately, how to get your commission. You will learn: how NOT to make the big mistakes most new agents make, licensing and exam fees, Multiple Listing Service (MLS), local Board of Realtors, real estate boards, expenses of doing business, your vehicle and insurance coverage, sales techniques, simple methods to get hundreds of referrals, how to make buyers and sellers happy, how to quickly and easily locate the best deals for your customer, presenting offers, soft-ware programs that make running your business effortless, the luxury housing market, Dealing with FSBOs, the commercial market, secrets to using the Internet, setting up a record keeping and computer system, brokers and how to work with them, your professional image, the new frontier, the online Internet world, online tools and ideas, real estate technology tips, search engine and Web site optimization, page rank, Internet leads, web positioning, web optimization building partnerships, and general real estate Internet information, and much more.